Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Wednesday Thoughts

﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Today is the first day of my six day vacation! To celebrate, my immune system decided to take a short vacation too, leaving me with a cold. Oh well. I guess it gives me an excuse to stay in bed and tackle this stack of books on my bed side table! In case you are curious, those books include:

I Capture The Castle, by Dodie Smith (For my book club!)

The Kind Diet, by Alicia Silverstone (Very interesting so far!)

In Zanesville, by Jo Ann Beard

﻿﻿Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie (I'm almost done and I still have no idea whodunnit)

Because I'm not feeling too great today, my thoughts will be brief*. But if you're bored and looking for more to read, I wrote a movie review of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, which you can find here.

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Without further ado, my thoughts today:
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1. Another movie is being filmed right by where I work this week and next, but will I see a celebrity? NooOooO! Even with all the movies filmed in downtown Ann Arbor the last couple years, I haven't seen a one. And quite frankly, I'm tired of it. Any celebrity spotting tips out there?

2. I'm not now, nor will I ever be, a vegetarian but I'm trying to be more of a vegetarian than I used to be, and eat meat more sparingly. Do any of you have any great vegetarian recipes or websites you use for tips? I'd be very grateful!﻿﻿

3. With the unofficial start of summer coming this weekend (Memorial Day), I am getting very excited for summer! I want to make sure I don't miss any fun opportunities, so I am making plans. Those plans include, but are not limited to:

*Greenfield Village (I'm buying a season pass, so if you want to go with me sometime, let me know!)

7 comments:

I've heard good things about I Capture the Castle - my mom and sister have told me repeatedly that I need to read it, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe I'll give it a try.

A lot of the recipes I've been trying lately have been meatless - it's kind of intentional and kind of not. My brother and his wife made a really, really good one for dinner last Sunday and when I get the recipe from them I'll pass it on to you. Here are a few others I've enjoyed recently:

Oooh, having a cold stinks, but laying in bed reading is the best! I love the way Agatha Christie pulls you in and doesn't let go. :) As for the celebrity sighting, the only success I've had was when I actually was an extra in a movie! So that may be your next step...take a day off, sign up to be an extra! ;)

I am SUPER stoked about summer, too! Um, I reeeeeallly want to go to Greenfield Village with you! And Tigers games, and Ludington, and do all of the other things you mentioned... Yay summer!

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